Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Australia’s Advanced Navigation, which specializes in a broad range of fields including sensors, GNSS, inertial navigation, RF technologies, acoustics, robotics, AI and algorithms, offers the GNSS Compass, a fully integrated wheelmark certified GPS/INS navigation and heading solution.
By Inside GNSS
Parachute safety solution manufacturer Drone Rescue Systems GmbH supports the European research project Formation flight for in-Air Launcher 1st stage Capturing demonstration (FALCon). Under the leadership of DLR, research is being conducted on how launch vehicles can be returned to the launch site as efficiently as possible for re-use.
By Inside GNSS
San Francisco-based tech firm Swift Navigation today announced nationwide coverage for its network-connected Skylark precise positioning service. Full contiguous United States (CONUS) coverage is designed to reduce initialization times to seconds, ensuring high-accuracy—and high-integrity—positioning is available when customers need it.
By Inside GNSS
The new Sirius RTK GNSS Rover F9P is meant to be mounted on the vehicle that’s moving. Whereas the base is supposed to be immobile (even though it can be mobile, which implies a loss of accuracy), the rover is the module receiving the corrections, providing the information to the autopilot with its position, heading, height…
By Inside GNSS
The European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) Skyopener project is testing the EGNSS (Galileo and EGNOS) benefits for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in an effort to help meet the needs for additional usage of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) in civil applications.
By Stan Goff
The future of the commercial drone industry begins at InterDrone, September 3-6, 2019 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the course of 4 days, attendees receive comprehensive drone training from the industry’s top speakers from world-class companies and entities such as DJI, the FAA and more.
By Inside GNSS
Commercial UAV Expo Americas, October 28-30 in Las Vegas, is North America’s leading trade show and conference focusing on the integration and operation of commercial UAS with more exhibitors than any other commercial drone event.
By Inside GNSS
Test drive illuminates need to protect GNSS with proactive cybersecurity strategies
Tesla Model S and Model 3, electric cars built for speed and safety, are vulnerable to cyberattacks aimed at their navigation systems, according to recent research from Regulus Cyber. During a test drive using Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot feature, a staged attack caused the car to suddenly slow down and unexpectedly veer off the main road.
By Inside GNSS
LORD Corporation, a global provider in sensing systems, has partnered with Emesent, an award-winning company in autonomous technology for industrial drones, to bring industry-leading inertial sensors to the Hovermap platform. Hovermap automates the collection and analysis of data in challenging GPS-denied environments, reportedly delivering revolutionary efficiency, safety and operational insights to various industries, including the underground industry. LORD inertial sensors enable Hovermap technology by providing precise position, orientation and velocity information in a small and lightweight package.
By Inside GNSS
Join Microdrones, May 8, for their Webinar and learn how the professionals at Ravan Air are using drones for methane gas detection. Ravan Air is a drone oil and gas industry contractor and service provider specializing in UAV methane gas detection, inspection, thermal imaging and monitoring.
By Inside GNSS
The u-blox ZED-F9K multi-band, multi-constellation GNSS, RTK, dead reckoning module delivers a new level of performance in vehicle positioning, specifically adapted for assisted and autonomous driving applications.
By Peter Gutierrez
SBG Systems plans to introduce its newest line of INS/GNSS systems for drone-based surveying integrators at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL show in Chicago later this month.
By Inside GNSS
Registration is now open for this Free Webinar on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET. This event is sponsored by Inside Unmanned Systems, Applanix and Trimble. Note: This webinar has taken place and soon will be available on-demand.
By Inside GNSS
Automated vehicles are on the way, and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) sees satellite navigation as a core technology that will help to ensure their safe operation. At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSA shared its space with the “ESCAPE” project, a European Union-funded initiative that has developed a unique positioning module for autonomous or semi-autonomous driving.
By Inside GNSS
Commercial UAV Expo Europe, April 8-10 in Amsterdam, is the leading trade fair and conference focusing on the integration and operation of commercial UAS throughout Europe and internationally. Industries covered include Process, Power & Utilities; Civil Infrastructure; Construction; Aggregates & Mining; Surveying & Mapping; Public Safety and Security; and Precision Agriculture.
By Inside GNSS
